Wine wasn’t the first thing on the minds of the initial English settlers who reached the shores of Jamestown in 1607, but it also wasn’t the last. Captain John Smith wrote about America’s native grapes just two years later, kicking off interest in what would eventually become the oldest wine growing region in the US. More than 400 years later, wine is still very much on the minds of Virginians — one might say more now than ever before.
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A Manchester City fan who was mistakenly touted on TV as the next manager of Huddersfield has responded to the mix-up "in good jest". Martin Warhurst was sitting in John Smith's Stadium's directors' box watching City take on the Terriers when a Sky Sports reporter approached him and asked him whether he was becoming Huddersfield's new boss. It was a case of mistaken identity, with the reporter believing him to be Borussia Dortmund reserve team coach Jan Siewert, who has been ... Tags: News, Manchester City, Huddersfield, Sky Sports, Borussia Dortmund, Martin, John Smith, Wakefield, Terriers, Jan Siewert, Martin Warhurst

PALMDALE —The first question at Katie Hill’s first town hall meeting as a member of Congress was a blunt challenge to the Democrat’s position on the border wall demanded by President Trump.
A man in the audience of about 150 at a Palmdale union hall Sunday afternoon charged that weak border security is allowing millions of immigrants to enter the United States illegally, taking jobs and undercutting American workers’ wages.
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My 6x great grandmother Abigail (Smith) Dunham's father is one of two John Smiths in my ancestry. This John Smith was originally from Essex County, Massachusetts, where he married my 7x great grandaunt Mary Ellingwood.Here's an excerpt from COREY (CORY), CLEAVES AND SMITH FAMILY LINES. By Prof. Arthur Adams, Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. that I found online in National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volumes 6-11 :The earliest certain mention found of the John Smith, progenitor of the Smith f... Tags: Salem, John, Jackson, Plymouth, Smith, Genealogy, Family History, James, Abigail, Helen, Elizabeth, Mary, Plymouth County, Washington D C, Jonathan, Marshfield

Nextbigfuture interviewed Dr. John Smith, Head of AI Tech, IBM Research to discuss what IBM has been able to do in AI Research this year and the three predicted dominant AI trends that will start in...
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